Ancient Greece
You learned last year that early towns in India were controlled by a small number of people. In Ancient Greece a small group of wealthy landowners ruled before there was a democracy. This form of government is known as
Oligarchy
At the height of its power, which ancient civilization controlled the entire coastal region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea?
The Roman Empire
The kingdoms of Gana, Mali, and Songhai were all able to achieve golden ages in part because of their ability to do what to traders along the trans-Saharan trade routes?
Tax them
four social classes of Fuedal Japan in order from most powerful to least powerful.
shogun, daimyo, samurai, and peasant
What was the year when Rome had crushed the Latin states in Latium?
340 B.C.E.
Hellenistic culture developed as a result of the activities of which "Great" ruler from Macedonia?
Alexander the Great
in what way was the Roman law of the Twelve Tables similar to the Constitution of the United States?
Both were written to protect people's rights
The writings of both Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta inspired what two things?
exploration and trade
defend his daimyo and his daimyo's property
The main duty of a samurai warrior
What is considered to be the most important contribution (enduring impact) of the Greek city-state of Athens. Hint: It is a type of government
development of direct democracy
Other neighboring countries would not have attacked Rome if this country, now called France, had not been paid by the Romans to leave. What is the name of this country?
Gaul
The practice of Islam throughout much of West Africa is evidence of what?
Islam spread beyond the borders of the Arabian peninsula/Arabia
Japanese were aided by the weather on two different occasions when this group of people crossed the sea and invaded Japan
Mongols
These explained why natural or historical events happened in Ancient Greece
myths
What material did the Romans invent that helped their structures last?
Cement
Why was it so important that West Africans had a supply of salt
West Africans needed salt in their diets to survive.
Like Animism from West Africa, Shinto stresses harmony with what?
nature and animal spirits.
Women in this city-state had very few rights compared to women in the city-state of Sparta
Athens
What is the name of Rome's first code of laws?
The Twelve Tables.
Where were the trading states of Ghana and Songhai located?
West Africa
What fraction did Rome's population decline during the fall of the Roman empire?
1/3